The selection committee will rank the short list of candidates, and County Administrator Jack Brown will conduct personal interviews before a final decision is made.

After Grace was fired, Brown told the News Journal a change in culture was needed at the fire department.

"What really needs to change is an awareness of the society that we live in and we want to make sure that workplaces are a place that we would want our neighbor to be able to go to, or our daughter, or our son and have a good experience without any type of harassment or bullying," Brown said.